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Taxon: Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don

Genus: Lespedeza
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Desmodieae subtribe: Lespedezinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 21856
Place of publication: Gen. hist. 2:307. 1832
Comment: commonly treated by Asian botanists as L. juncea var. sericea
Name verified on: 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-May-2002
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 47 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CO*, KS*°, OK*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Chinese bush-clover   (Source: Leg Tex ) – English
  • Chinese lespedeza   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • perennial lespedeza   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English
  • sericea lespedeza   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • silky bush-clover   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  • lespédéza soyeux   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • japanischer Klee   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • lespedeza perenne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China; Hong Kong
    Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]
    Indo-China: Myanmar
    Malesia: Indonesia - Java; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
  • Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 11:170–173.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild) [= L. sericea].
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan) [= L. juncea (L. f.) Pers.].
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) F. B. Forbes & Hemsl.].
  • Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. (Leg Taiwan)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Isely, D. 1955. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 30:90.
  • Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust) [= L. juncea subsp. sericea].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak) [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hemsl.].
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Pramanik, A. & K. Thothathri. 1983. Notes on the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of Lespedeza juncea complex with special reference to India. J. Jap. Bot. 58:333. [= L. juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) F. B. Forbes & Hemsl.].
  • Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. (CultTropS)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. (Leg Tex)
  • Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg New Guinea)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don:

  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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